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|Type of Date=Day
|Type of Date=Year
|Date=2/20/1871
|Date=1871/01/01
|Title=the Boston uniform
|Title=the Boston uniform
|Text=<p>For some time the fraternity hereabouts have been interested to know what sort of uniform the Boston Club would adopt, and at a recent meeting of the club this important matter was settled by the selection of a uniform already familiar to the eyes of every base ball player in the country, and one which has attached to it a prestige such a no other enjoys.  It is similar to that worn by the Cincinnati Club for the last two seasons, which gained for them the sobriquet “Red Stockings.”  There may be some who will question the propriety of the Boston Club selecting a uniform which has already been worn on the field, but these questions will be set at rest when it is known that this uniform originated with Mr. Harry Wright, now of the Boston Club, who was the first person to don it, and now that the Cincinnati nine, which achieved such fame while wearing it, are no more, the uniform can, with perfect propriety, be selected by its originator for his new nine.  The uniform, as is well known, is one of the most tasty, and at the same time one of the most serviceable, yet worn.  It consists of a white flannel suit of shirt, knee breeches and cap, red stockings reaching to the knees, and a red belt.  On the shirt front the word “Boston” in red German text will be worked, which, with the usual canvas gaiters, will complete the uniform.</p>
|Text=<p>For some time the fraternity hereabouts have been interested to know what sort of uniform the Boston Club would adopt, and at a recent meeting of the club this important matter was settled by the selection of a uniform already familiar to the eyes of every base ball player in the country, and one which has attached to it a prestige such a no other enjoys.  It is similar to that worn by the Cincinnati Club for the last two seasons, which gained for them the sobriquet “Red Stockings.”  There may be some who will question the propriety of the Boston Club selecting a uniform which has already been worn on the field, but these questions will be set at rest when it is known that this uniform originated with Mr. Harry Wright, now of the Boston Club, who was the first person to don it, and now that the Cincinnati nine, which achieved such fame while wearing it, are no more, the uniform can, with perfect propriety, be selected by its originator for his new nine.  The uniform, as is well known, is one of the most tasty, and at the same time one of the most serviceable, yet worn.  It consists of a white flannel suit of shirt, knee breeches and cap, red stockings reaching to the knees, and a red belt.  On the shirt front the word “Boston” in red German text will be worked, which, with the usual canvas gaiters, will complete the uniform.</p>
|Source=Boston Journal
|Source=Boston Journal
|Clipping Tags=Uniforms
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|Submitted by=Richard Hershberger
|Submitted by=Richard Hershberger
|Origin=Initial Hershberger Clippings
|Origin=Initial Hershberger Clippings
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For some time the fraternity hereabouts have been interested to know what sort of uniform the Boston Club would adopt, and at a recent meeting of the club this important matter was settled by the selection of a uniform already familiar to the eyes of every base ball player in the country, and one which has attached to it a prestige such a no other enjoys. It is similar to that worn by the Cincinnati Club for the last two seasons, which gained for them the sobriquet “Red Stockings.” There may be some who will question the propriety of the Boston Club selecting a uniform which has already been worn on the field, but these questions will be set at rest when it is known that this uniform originated with Mr. Harry Wright, now of the Boston Club, who was the first person to don it, and now that the Cincinnati nine, which achieved such fame while wearing it, are no more, the uniform can, with perfect propriety, be selected by its originator for his new nine. The uniform, as is well known, is one of the most tasty, and at the same time one of the most serviceable, yet worn. It consists of a white flannel suit of shirt, knee breeches and cap, red stockings reaching to the knees, and a red belt. On the shirt front the word “Boston” in red German text will be worked, which, with the usual canvas gaiters, will complete the uniform.

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